Information processing system, information processing method, and electronic device

Abstract

An information processing system includes a verification unit and an execution unit. The verification unit verifies biometric information acquired from users against preregistered reference information. The execution unit executes a process based on the number of times biometric information has been verified on a user basis in a predetermined period by the verification unit.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An information processing system for an electronic device, the system comprising:
 a memory storing biometric information of a plurality of users of the electronic device; 
 a biometric capture device configured to capture an image including feature values corresponding to the biometric information of a current user; and 
 a processor programmed to
 determine whether the feature values are included in the image captured by the biometric capture device, 
 perform a verification process to determine whether the feature values in the captured image correspond to the biometric information of the plurality of users pre-stored in the memory, and 
 increment a counter indicating a number of times within a predetermined period the verification process has been performed for the current user, wherein 
 
 in response to the counter indicating that a current verification process is a first verification of the current user within the predetermined period, the processor records information regarding the current user in the memory and does not display a menu screen for operation of the electronic device by the current user, and 
 in response to the counter indicating that the current verification process is a second or subsequent verification of the current user within the predetermined period, the processor displays the menu screen for operation of the electronic device by the current user. 
 
     
     
       2. The information processing system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the processor performs authentication in accordance with a login operation, and displays the menu screen in a case where the second or a subsequent verification of the user has been performed and where authentication of the user performed has been successful. 
 
     
     
       3. An information processing method for an electronic device, the method comprising:
 storing, in a memory, biometric information of a plurality of users of the electronic device; 
 capturing an image including feature values corresponding to the biometric information of a current user; 
 determining whether the feature values are included in the captured image; 
 performing a verification process to determine whether the feature values in the captured image correspond to the biometric information of the plurality of users pre-stored in the memory; and 
 incrementing a counter indicating a number of times within a predetermined period the verification process has been performed for the current user, wherein 
 in response to the counter indicating that a current verification process is a first verification of the current user within the predetermined period, information regarding the current user is recorded in the memory and a menu screen for operation of the electronic device by the current user is not displayed, and 
 in response to the counter indicating that the current verification process is a second or subsequent verification of the current user within the predetermined period, the menu screen for operation of the electronic device by the current user is displayed. 
 
     
     
       4. An electronic device comprising:
 a memory storing biometric information of a plurality of users of the electronic device; 
 a biometric capture device configured to capture an image including feature values corresponding to the biometric information of a current user; and 
 a processor programmed to
 determine whether the feature values are included in the image captured by the biometric capture device, 
 perform a verification process to determine whether the feature values in the captured image correspond to the biometric information of the plurality of users pre-stored in the memory, and 
 increment a counter indicating a number of times within a predetermined period the verification process has been performed for the current user, wherein 
 
 in response to the counter indicating that a current verification process is a first verification of the current user within the predetermined period, the processor records information regarding the current user in the memory and does not display a menu screen for operation of the electronic device by the current user, and 
 in response to the counter indicating that the current verification process is a second or subsequent verification of the current user within the predetermined period, the processor displays the menu screen for operation of the electronic device by the current user.